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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 3, 2013
City Council
STAFF
Janet Miller, Human Resources Director
Tamara Vega, Compensation Manager
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 177, 2013, Amending Section 2-581 of the City Code and Setting the
Salary of the City Attorney.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council met in Executive Session on November 12, 2013 to conduct the performance review of City
Attorney Steve Roy. This Ordinance establishes the 2014 salary of the City Attorney.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
City Council is committed to compensating employees in a manner which is fair, competitive and
understandable. The goal as an employer is to attract and retain quality employees and to recognize and
reward quality performance.
In order to accomplish this goal the City Council and the City Attorney meet twice a year to discuss
performance and set goals for the coming year.
In 2013, the total compensation paid to the City Attorney included the following:
2013 SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary $ 170,662 Vacation (32.5 days per year)
Medical Insurance 7,800 Holidays (11 days per year)
Dental Insurance 492
Life Insurance 298
Long Term Disability 789
ICMA (457) 5,120
ICMA (401) 17,066
Total Monetary Compensation $ 202,226
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Resolution 2012-091, which establishes the process for evaluating the performance of the City Manager,
City Attorney, and Municipal Judge, states that any change in compensation for the City Manager, City
Attorney and Municipal Judge will be adopted by the Council by ordinance in sufficient time for the
change in compensation to take effect as of the first full pay period of the ensuing year. The Ordinance
will amend the City Code to reflect City Attorney Roy’s 2014 salary.
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ORDINANCE NO. 177, 2013
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-581 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND
SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council is
responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to compensating its employees in a manner which is
fair, competitive and understandable; and
WHEREAS, the City’s pay philosophy is based on total compensation, which includes
not only base salary but also deferred compensation payments, vacation and holiday leave, and
amounts paid by the City for medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council met with the City Attorney to conduct a review and
establish next year’s goals; and
WHEREAS, the City Council supports a compensation philosophy of paying employees
a competitive salary based on established market data, and is adjusting the salary of the City
Attorney to bring that salary more in line with the appropriate market data; and
WHEREAS, the City’s philosophy is to reward performance that meets or exceeds
expectations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the base salary of the City Attorney should be
established at the amount of $____________ effective ____________, 2014, so that the total
compensation paid to the City Attorney in 2013 will be in the amount of $____________.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 2-581 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-581. Salary of the City Attorney.
The base salary to be paid the City Attorney shall be one hundred seventy
thousand six hundred sixty-two dollars ($17-,662.) ___________________ per
annum, payable in biweekly installments. Sixty (60) percent of such sum shall be
charged to general government expense, twenty (20) percent to the city water
utility and twenty (20) percent to the city electric utility.
Section 2. That the effective date of the salary adjustment shall be __________,
2014.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of
December, A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of December, A.D.
2013.
_________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 17th day of December, A.D. 2013.
_________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
City Clerk